The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, July 01, 1933, Page 3, Image 3
if ET IT D if O O I I | Watch for Next Week’s Guide ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 for Hot Tips on Keeping Cool Dr. Lennox On the Job May 15, 1933 Mayor Roy N. Towl, Executive Office. City Hall, Omaha. Nebraska. Dear Mayor Towl: I wrote you while you were cam paigning for city commissioner and several time* previously have had communications with you. Having also written to several others who were campaigning for office, with a reply to same, failing to hear from you. my letter evidently has been an oversight on your part After talking with one personally acquainted with you. Sergeant Bail, ey. who speaks very highly of you, in every way possible, I gave you my support, preventing stumbling blocks wherever opportunities enabled me to, and I was in a position to do so any number of times The t'arly part of 19*8 it was pro. claimed by many that you would be our next Mayor, and this proclam ation has evidently proved correctly. We are glad you were victorious, and ml this time will be able to rectify any number of entanglements of our city. We are seeking a clean city, and must have loyal, trustworthy and fair minded Commissioners who will be true to all of their fellow citizens; to their city, state, and to themselves. I am very sorry that the.cnmmuni. rations I previously had with . ypu ~rre n*t satisfactorily to the extent consideration was given regarding * same.- At this- time I should like to bring bcfore the city- council for their consideration and support, the tccormg of a reduction in the ex treme telephone rates in Omaha, un dercontrol of the Statp Railway Com missions, who state before a rectific ation can be brought about, this mat ter will have to be taken up with the city council Commissioner Floyd L. Bolien, with whom I had comunication also acknowledges that Omaha has the highest telephone rates of any place in the state. Stating from his judge ment. the same is unreasonably high, and if a complaint is made and sign, ed by members of the city council, the commissioners’ would set this matter down for a hearing. Taking everj*l^n»T into consider ation, especially the average working man's wage of today, telephone rates are not *n proportion, and at this time more keenly felt by the class given the minimum amount of their prorata of employment. I am hoping you will bring this matter before the city council at the earliest possible date, as it will great ly aid each and every citizen of Om aha if this reduction is received. Thanking you very much, I am Respectfully yours, Dr. G. B. Lennox. June 19th, 1933 Dr. G. B. Lennox. 21221* North 24th St., Omaha. Nebraska. Dear Dr. Lennox: Concerning the Welfare Board and representation: We are working with a temporary set-up and are forced to curtail ex penditures. Nevertheless we »re making a check on the question of pro.rating representation and will be glad to co.ope rate with you after the new bud get in July, at which time it will be necessary to readjust many of our activities. Some of the departments will nat urally employ more colored people than others and we will check the en tire payroll. Very truly yours, Roy N. Towl, Mayor. Scottsboro DR. BRIDGES SAYS GIRLS RE FUSE to let him make MEDI C A L EXAMINATION AND NEITHBR ONE WAS HYSTERICAL OR NERVOUS ABOUT IT AT ALL. Important excerpt* ®f hi* opinion follows: “Dr. Bridges said when these two women (Victoria Price and Ruby Bates; the latter testifies no rape took place) were brought into his office neither was hysterical or nervous about it at all. He noticed nothing un usual about their respiration and their pulse was normal. Patterson called for the widest pos. sible united front in pushing the cam. paign for liberation of the Scottsboro boys and Mooney, appealing to all mil itant workers, trade unions, liberals, fraternal and other organizations to join. Funds are urgently needed, Patter son declared, to carry on the fight for the release of the Scottsboro boys, pointing out that despite the decision of Judge Horton, many legal and oth er move remain to be made before the freedom of the boys is achieved. “We aak all workers and other sym. SEEK RADIO BROADCAST FROM STRATOSPHERE "T DURING PICCARD’S FLIGHT AT WORLD’S FAIR Chicago, June 00.—Radio broad catting from the stratosphere will be attempted for the flrat time in July when the balloon that carries Lieutenant-Commander T. O. W. Settle and one of the Piccard twine •tarts Its ascension from Soldier Field an the grounds of A Century •f Progress—the Chicago World’s Fair. The problem ef installing the radio broadcasting apparatus In the gondola was not easy. Accord ing to OL B. Hanson, of the Na tional Broadcasting Company, there was s multitude of details to be worked out so as to make the ef fort possible. Experts from broadcasting cona nnies' laboratories worked dsy and night to hare the equipment reedy for the flight Ur. Hanson, who manages the company's tech nical operations and engineering, pointed out why the Job was a tough one. •Putting the sending equipment tn the gondola for the purpose of talking back to the world would appear easy," he said, "but when even the food that le carried la governed by the weight factor, the limitations Imposed called for in finite Ingenuity. | Will Note Cosmle Raya. "IF "Bear in mind, that to reach higher altitudes than man has ever attained, the stratosphere balloon must hare a high gas capacity and a light load to carry. Many other things besides radio mnst be car ried It Is planned to carry two persona, a pilot and an observer, else a a amber ef scientific In strument*. “Due to the rarity bf air at altl kodaa above ten nfflee, the gondola mast he airtight and Capable of retaining normal atmospheric prea •uro. Food and wstar as wan as •xrroa tanks mast be carried; !A merimam ed 100 pounds is all ’that can bo permitted tor the radio equipment** I These limitations forced the use *b* high frequencies of me Hre band. In this ras“ a •f 17,300 kiloeyrlfg has rted to carry the v<r -eg gondola. This iri*| ( maximum trans- issio-i , minimum of welrht tn i fact, the transmitter designed for this purpose weighs but sixty pounds with complete equipment of power and antenna, and will hare an output of three watts, which is the equivalent of the amount of electricity used by the tall Ught of an automobile. A receiver has also been provid ed for the observers to keep in touch with the ground crew. This portion of the radio equipment will be conducted on a frequency of approximately 6,100 kilocycles, or a wave length of 49 meters. The weight will be about forty pounds. Rick Receiving Locations. Because the flight may last as long as twenty four hours, ar ■ - 1 I*' ... ' ■ ' rangements have been made to clear the networks for spot broad casting from the balloon during the flight The three most Important periods during the flight wUI be the take-off. the point of iMtinmw altitude and the return to the earth. The exact time of these events Is problematical, which will keep the engineering staff con stantly under tension. Mr. Hanson also discussed the problem of the selection of suit able receiving locations, so that one or more short wave pick-up points will always be within range of the balloon’s minute transmit ter during the flight Tbs balloon may drift as far as three hundred miles or more Pick-up points must -—- ■ ■ I to arranged within that radius In all directions, each connected by wire to the Nations) Broadcasting Company's control room in Chi cs go. In order te to prepared to deal with emergencies such as the do scent of the balloon In desolate re gions such as northern Michigan or Wisconsin, or even in one of tho great lakes, the sponsors of tho flight—A Century of Progress, the National Broadcasting Company and tho Chicago Dally Newa—plan to follow tho course of the balloon in a Goodyear d' ~thle slap equipped with a rad; the high er frequencies, which can relay messages and supply assistance, U necessary. Jean Piccard inspects newly-designed gondola, ia which he or his twin brother ima. to break record for a flight into stratosphere. Insert is Lieutenant-Commander pathizers to help with immediate con tributions, so we can carry the fight to complete victory. These contributions should be sent to the national Inter national Labor Defense headquarters, at 80 East 11th Street, New York City, Patterson said. VICTORIA PRICE TESTIMONY WAS “EVASIVE AND CONTRA DICTOR” JUDGE HORTON ADMITS. ATHENS, Ala.—Stating that there is no single fact in corroboration of the testimony of Victoria Price, Judge James E. Horton scathingly attacked the major lines of evidence offered in the recent trial held before him in De. catur, of Heywood Patterson. Going into considerable detail, Judge Horton placed special stress on medical testi mony offered by the State in his de cision granting a new trial to Patter son. twice condemned to death by cracker juries on false testimony and twice saved by mass pressure directed and mobilized by the I. L. D. The entire case, as outlined by the State, is such that “the natural in clination of the mmd is to doubt and i to seek further,” according to Judge ; Horton. “Such a normal physical condition is not the natural accompaniment or re. suit of such a horrible experience, es. ! pecialy when the woman testified she fainted from the injuries she had re ceived. “If her faint was feigned then her credibility must suffer from such feigned actions. “And this witness’s anger and pro ’ test when the doctors insister upon an examination of her person was not compatible with the depression of spirit likely to be caused by the treat, ment she said she had received. “With seven boys present at the beginning of this trouble, with one I seeing the entire affair, with some ' fifty or sixty persons meeting them at ! Paint Rock and taking the women, the white boy. Gilley and the nine Negro, es in charge, with two physicians ex. amining the women within one and one-half hours, according to the tend, ence of all the evidence, after the al leged occurance of the alleged rape, and with the actions charged commit ted in broad daylight, we should ex pect from all this cloud of witnesses or from the mute but telling physical condition of the women or their clothes some one fact in corroboration of this story. “Her (Victoria Price) manner of testifying and demeanor on the stand militated against her. Her testimony was contradictory, often evasive and time and again she refused to answer pertinent questions. The gravity of the offense and the importance of her testimony demanded candor and sin. I c*rity. “Orville Gilley, a white boy, pulled I back on the train by the Negroes, and I sitting off, according to Victoria Price, I in one end of the gondola, is a witness | to the whole scene. Yet he stays on the irain and he does not attempt to get off the car at any ol the places whe»e it is slowed down. “He does not go back to the caboose to report to the conductor or to the engineer on the engine, although n compulsion is being exercised upon him, and instead of there being any threat of danger to him from the Ne groes. they themselves had pulled him back on the train to prevent him from being injured from jumping off the train after it had increased its speed. “And, in the end, by a fortuitous cfr. cumstance, just before the train pull, ed into Paint Rock, the attacks cease and just in the nick of time the cloth ing is restored and the women appear clothed as the posse sights them. The natural inclination of the mind is to doubt and to seek further.” HEYWOOD PATTERSON WINS NEW TRIAL; I. L. D. VICTORY DUE TO MASS PROTEST; JUDGE’S DECISION SHATTERS FRAME-UP. ATHENS, Ala.—The last prop hi the prosecution’s lynch-spirit inspired framp.up against the nine innocent Negro Scottsboro boys was knocked from under the case when Judge James E. Horton was compelled through mass pressure to grant a new trial to Heywood Patterson, first of the nine to be retried at Decatur, Ala., and sentenced to death. In issuing this ruling demanded by the International Labor Defense law. yers, George W. Chamlee and Osmond K. Fraenkel, Judge Horton branded the testimony of Victoria Price, one of I the two women in the case, “on its face unreliable and improbable and de clared the evidence offered at the re trial of Patterson “preponderantly favored the defendant.” This tremendous victory for the I. L. D., which has defended the boys for more than two and a half years, came after world wide mass pressure in creasingly demanded liberation of the boys. “As heretofore stated.” the Judge’s ruling said, “the law declares that a defendant should not be convicted without corroboration where the testi mony of the prosecutrix bears on its face indications of unreliability or im probability, and particularly when it is contradicted by other evidence. “The testimony of the prosecutrix (Victoria Price) in this case is not only uncorroborated but it also bears on its face indications of improbability and is contradicted by other evidence and in addition thereto the evidence ereatly preponderate in favor of the defendant.” This ruling, after Judge Horton and other officials were made recipients of a barrage of letters of protest by masses of Negro and white workers from throughout the world, is in di rect contrast to his acceptance of a lynch verdict rendered by a jury admits the lyneh-atmosphere at the re cent retrial of Patterson. At that time, he failed to set aside the verdict which today he branded as based on the “un reliable and “improbable” testiin^r.. • Victoria Price. Heywood Patterson was not broug 1 here for today’s hearing. Attorney General Thomas E. Knight, who prosecuted the Scottsboro case from the beginning, made the pretense of being unimpressed by the fact that even legally his case was again completely shattered. He made a show of asking a date be set immediately for a quick re-trial of Patterson. No date was fixed. The next term of the Circuit Court begins at Decatur in the Fall. The fact stressed previously by the I. L. D. defense lawyers that the State at the trials of the boys did not call Orville Gilley, a white youth who was abroad the train on which the nine Scottsboro boys were supposed to have attacked the two white women was emphasized by Judge Horton as of maj or importance. Gilley, at the time of the first trial, was under arrest, but because he refused to say he had seen an attack on the women when as a matter of fact he hadn’t, the prosecu. : tion decided not to put him on the stand. TWO NEW! SCENES IN “UNCLE TOM” REVIVAL IN NEW YORK New York City, (CNS) The play wright, A. E. Thomas, who revised the Aiken seriph of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, for the current revival by the Players at Alvin Theatre is cred !ited with writing two new interpro ! lations into the revision. After eighty years of dramatic license taken with the play by countless gentry of the theatre in puting together various versions, Mr. Thomas admits two contributions in the save auction scene. The first was the introduction of Aunt Hagar, the slave mother, and her last born son, Caesar, with whom she pleaded to be sold to the same master. Both were in the book, but hitherto had been neglected in the play. The playwright brought Aunt Ha gar on to the boards solely to give a | role to Kate Mayhew, now 80 years old, who played Eva with Lotta Crab tree as Torpsy in a memorable tour of Indiana in 1865, the last year of the l war that freed the slaves. New York first say Miss Mayhew in the Eight een Seventies, when she appeared in variety sketches at Niblo’s Garden. The other Thomas interpolation was the purchase of Topsy by Miss Ophelia, also true to the record. But Topsy’s biting the finger of the auc tioneer is Fay Bainter’s own way of making Harold Gould wince, and her final impudent gesture to Simon Le. gree, who bid 50 cents for her, is strictly original. DOINGS AMONG THE AMATUERS Holmes Revamped I Under Manager Clannie Lee, the Holmes deserve high honor. They gave the U. P. Boosters a run for their money. Clannie had to almost make a new team glad to see the opening for new men. The Boosters, under Owen, won easily. Some of the release, suspended, hired again players were in evidence. Rex Ou Hit Trotters, But Loose a Tight Game i All the glamor necessary for a world's series was displayed in Sun days Rex, Trotters game. Base steal ing. pinch hitting, spectacular fielding, errors and whatnot. The game was a thriller from start. Trotters getting two homers in first inning and netting 3 scores. Rex come back to make 5 and held lead until 7th. When South Omaha broke loose—Rex 7, Trotters 9. Big Red gave up the sponge in the 3rd inning. Kirksey gave up in the 5th. The heat was terrible. Hilton and Smith hit 4 homers in the first inning. Grady of Holmes went out on raw ice water, j Spratt hit a w>ld one for 3 bases. Har. vey says indoor ball not the old rock ing chair has got him. Lawson likes the game he is with the Holmes now. Moten went out under the sound of Holmes beg end bats. Young has more clean comedy and wit than any player in uniform. Who has most hits, Isaac ? Clement, Rex center fielder made a spectacular catch of Hodge6 liner to deep center to double Kirksey of 2nd. The pitching and batting of young Crump was the feature of Rex Trot ter game some say. Others say it was the relief work of Marcy Williams says you ? It is rumored that the boys with C. C. asked for releases and were re fused. DOVE BALLARD DIES IN ALA. WETUMPKA, Ala.— Dove Ballard died here last week in a tuberculosis sanitarium while awaiting a ruling of the state supreme court on his appeal from the death sentence for the slay ing of a deputy sheriff in 1931. Bal lard fled to Detroit after the shooting and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held up his extradition until the state of Michigan made an investigation of Alabama courts to determine whether Ballard would get a fair trial. Read The... TENNIS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP MISSOURI VALLEY TENNIS ASSOCIATION July 27 28, 29, 30—1933 Paradeway Courts 17th and Woodland Avenue Guests of Kansas City Tennis Chib in Kansas City, Missouri The Annual Missouri Valley Open Sectional Tennis Tournament is sche duled to be held at Kansas City, Mis souri, July 27, 28, 29, and 30th. The Championship events listed are Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Ladies Singles, Ladies’ Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Jun ior Singles (open to boys who have not reached their eighteenth birthday be fore January 1, 1933), Girls’ Singles (open to girls who have not reached their eighteenth birthday before Jan uary 1, 1933), Junior Doubles (same qualifications as Singles). Elegibility: The players who enter the Missouri Valley Open Championship must be bona fide members of a club that is a member of t)ie American Tennis Asso ciation. The fees are as follows-: Men’s Singles and Ladies Singles—One Dol lar .($1.00) for ee.ch Singles entry; Men’s Doubles. Ladies Doubles and Mixed DoublesTwo Dollars ($2 00) per ! team for each entry; Junior Singles! and Girls Singles. Fifty Cents ($0.50) ! for each entry. The entry. The entries ! must be in the hands of the General; Chairma riof the Tournament on or be. j fore July 26th. All entries must be accompanied by entry fee. Drawings I | will be made at 9:00 p. m., July 26th j | at- the Kansas City Urban League, j J 1905 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mis-1 souri. Courts: The Paradeway Courts are all “chet* courts, and together with the 27th Street Courts offer eight of the finest: courts in this section of the country. They are being woiked on daily andl will be in real championship condition by the time of the Tournament. Prises: Suitable prizes will be awarded in all events. The winner of the Men's Singles Championship will receive, in addition to a leg on the Challenge Cup and the CALL TROPHY, a suitable “carry” trophy; the Ladies’ Champion wil receive a leg on the Challenge Cup and a suitable “carry” trophy. A Con- . soTfcifbn trophy will be awarded to the winner of a “round robin” match be tween those eliminated in the first rounds of play. CONDITION OF MATCHES: All matches will be the best two out of three sets except the semi-finals of Men’s Singles and Doubles which wrill be three out of five sets. Additional information may be secured by writ ing W. Robert Smalls, General Chair man, 1905 Vine Street, Kansas City, Missouri or John Smith, Tournament Chairman, 1828 Vine Street, Kansas City, ’ Missouri. AMERICAN TENNIS ASSN. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Anouncement was made this week that final arrange ments for the conducting of the 17th Annual Championships of the Amer ican Tennis Association had been com pleted. The scene of the National Championships this year will - be at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.. du ring the week of August 14th to 19th. Local Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man must prevail. These are the only principles which will stand the acid test of good citizenship in time of peace, war and death. (1) We must have our pro-rata of employment in businesses to which we give our patronage, such as groc ery stores, laundries, furniture stores, department stores and coal companies, in fact* every concern which we sup port. We must give our citizens the chance to live res pectably. We are tired of educating our children and permitting them to remain economic slaves and enter in to lives of shame. (2) Our pro-rata of employment for the patronage to our public corporations such as railroad companies* the street car company, the Nebraska Power Company* the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and other establishments which we are forced to support by right of franchise. Also our pro-rata of employment in re turn for the taxes we pay in our city, county state and federal government. (3) To encourage the establishment of a first class hospital that we may get the best that there is in medical science from our doctors whom we know to be nearest us* also to encourage a high respect of them and encourage more of our girls to take nurse training. (4) A one hundred per cent deportment of our cit izens in our public or private places of business, especial ly on street cars. If we are to be respected we must act respectably, especially in public places where we are con stantly before the public’s eye. (5) A one hundred per cent membership in the Om aha branch of the NAACP. should he had to encourage the efforts put forth by the founders of the organization and to assist the general office to establish a five million dollar endowment fund to maintain operating expenses and to further the principles of the NAACP. AH peo ple of aU races must be educated up to a higher principle and a more thorough understanding of interracial rela tionship that our country may in reality be a government of the people, for the people and By the people in whole and pot in part (6) The re-establishment of the Christian Religion as Christ taught it for the uplifting of mankind, elimin ating financial and personal gain. A practical Christian Religion, week day as well as Sunday. An attitude to ward our feUowman as a brother in order to establish a principle which will guide the destiny of each other’* children; our neighbor’s children today are our children tomorrow. (7) Courteous treatment in aH places of business and the enforcement of the State Civil Right Law. (8) To encourage and assist in the establishment of the foUowing financial institutions near 24th and Lake Streets: A building and loan association, a state hanlr administering aid and assistance to our widows and children. (9) To encourage the erection of a one hundred thousand dollar Young Men’s Christian Association Bunding near 24th and Lake Streets. (10) To enlarge the Young Women’s Christian As sociation that it may supply sufficient dormitory accom modations. , (11) To teach our citizens to live economically with in their earning capacity by printing in each issue a bud get system for various salaries. (12) To make Omaha a better city in which to lire by inaugurating a more cosmopolitan spirit among our American citizens. (13 To put a stop to the Divorce Evil by passing a State law making the mistreatment of a wife or a hus band by either of them, a criminal offense to be decided by a jury, first offense, jail sentence of a short duration; second offense, one of longer duration; third offense, from one to five years in the penitentiary. This, we be lieve will make men and women think before marrying. (14) We must become owners of the city govern - ment by paying a seemingly higher salary to those whom we employ to administer its affairs, a salary thajt wifl at and, also, a first-class trust company for the purpose of tract men of high calibre.